Among the wreckage of the Milky Way — where the violent deaths of stars usually leave chaos and crumpled shells — astronomers ...

Astronomers have discovered an unusually perfect spherical object within the Milky Way, puzzling researchers about its origin ...

A 2,300-year-old Chinese star chart challenges the origins of astronomy—sparking debate among experts about its true age.

Dubbed "Teleios" after the Greek word for "perfect," the object is what's known as a supernova remnant (SNR), a glowing cloud ...

An international team of astronomers have detected an invisible, mysterious, nearly perfectly spherical object emitting radio ...

According to a controversial new study the world's oldest star map, known as the Star Manual of Master Shi, was created in ...

They found that the ancient star chart actually dates to 355 B.C. — 250 years earlier than previously thought — and that it ...

It is notable for being one of the simplest nebulae known — almost perfectly spherical. The nebula contains an inner, brighter region of higher-velocity gas, spanning some 0.2 light-year.

In a universe renowned for its chaotic and irregular structures, the recent discovery of an almost perfectly sphere like ...

Relic Gravitons, by Massimo Giovannini of INFN Milan Bicocca, offers a timely and authoritative guide to one of the most ...

That star, named Polaris, is the brightest in the constellation of Ursa Minor, "The Little Bear".

Saint Martin’s University's award-winning faculty in astronomy trains students in the art of logic, critical thinking and ...